Client steering for a wireless local area network
US10342052B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A WAP including: a non-volatile memory, a proximity circuit, a connectivity circuit, and a prediction circuit. The non-volatile memory accumulates historical records of each station's proximity to the WAP including transitions in proximity over time along with corresponding connectivity options before and after each transition. The proximity circuit detects a transition in proximity to the WAP of an identified station. The connectivity circuit determines current connectivity options for communicating with the station. The prediction circuit correlates the accumulated historical records for the identified station which match the identified station's current proximity to the WAP with remaining historical records for the identified station to determine which of the remaining records exhibits the highest probability of predicting the identified station's subsequent proximity. The prediction circuit selects connectivity options to establish a communication link with the identified station utilizing a selected one of the current or predicted connectivity options.
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